Baling-press.



C. L. MILLER & L. J. TOFFELMIER.

BALING PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.I7,19l4.

Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

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WITNESSES:

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BALING PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 17, 1914.

Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. o

CHARLES L. MILLER, 0F OAKLAND, AND LANCE J. TOFFELMIER, OF SANLE ANDRO,

CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNORS TO JUNIOR MONABCH I'IAY PRESS 00., OF CALIFORNIA,A CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA.

BALING-PRESS.

lowing is a specification.

This invention relates to 'baling presses and particularly to thefeedingmechanism of hay presses.

It is the particular object of this invention' to provide a simple,practical, hayfeeding mechanism.

The invention consists of the parts and the construction and combinationof parts as hereinafter more .fully described and claimed, havingreference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a sectionalelevation of a portion of the press. Fig. 2 is a rear end view of thepress omitting one bearing wheel and in partial section. Fig. 3 isa sideelevation, opposite of Fig. 1, partly in section. Fig. 4 is a detail ofthe floor sill.

A isthe frame of the machine and B is the baling chamber in which afollower C is reciprocated by suitable mechanism including toggle linksD. The links are connected to a suitable power'shown as including a drumand a wheel F. One side of the chamber B opens into ahopperor box 2having a rear movable wall, hereafter designated the feeder? 3. This ispivoted, intermediate its horizontal or top and bottom edges, at t uponthe upper swinging ends of parallel carrier arms 5 which are pivoted at6 upon the sides of the main frame Aand swing close to and in-' sideofthe side walls of the feed box 2.

Thus the feeder is mounted upon a floating fulcrum. Its lower edge hasprojections 3 which sweep between curved, parallel floor members 7supported upon a sill 8 and a rear joist9, both notched at 10 to clearthe prongs 3.

The feeder 3 has, on its back, parallel, triangular brackets 11, theapices ofwhich are pivoted at 12 to lever arms whlch are secured upon arocker-shaft 11 Journaled on V the frame A. Over one end of the shaft 14is a segmental pulley 15 attached by a connection 16, which may be acable, chain or Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 17, 1914. Serial N 0. 872,559.

Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

equivalent, to a device 17 including a segmental pulley operable by themain power and wheel F. The pulley is secured on a rocker-shaft 18having a peculiar cam 19 engageable by a set of rollers 20 mounted onthe wheel F. During each revolution of the power wheelF the rollersengage the rockerlever 19 and turn the pulley 17 sufficiently to draw upthe connection 16 and through the pulley. 15 rock the shaft 14. Thiswill cause the levers 13 to thrust the feeder 3 forwardlyon its carrierarms 5.

Heretofore presses have been constructed with the feeder 3 rigid on thearms 5, so that while the top edge moved in a long are from the mouth ofthe baling chamber, the lower edge nearer the fulcrum 6 stood close tothe sill 8, thus forming a restricted bottom area. By the presentimprovement of mounting the feeder 3 on swinging arms 5, when the cranklevers 13 retract the feeder,

this rocks upon the fulcrum 4L and the bottom edge assumes a positionwell back from the carriage, thus affording a large space for receivinghay which is'thrown in at the top of the box 2. When theshaft 14 throwsthe cranks 13 forward, the feeder rocks to a substantially verticalposition while advancing and pushing all the hay into the chamber andupon the'lowere'd follower. The prongs 3 gather all the'straws on theslat bottom 7 and push them onto the follower, thus effectually cleaningthe box and eliminating the troublesome whiskers usually resultantbeneath the bottom edge of the feeder panel. With the continued rotationof the power F the follower is lifted and the charge compressed, afterwhich the follower descends. The follower C is connected (see Fig. 3) bya chain or equivalent 21 to a sheave 22 secured on the crank-shaft1,-the chain winding thereon when the shaft throws the feeder forward.Then the follower rises past the top of the feed box 2 the chain istightened up and reverses the. shaft 141, thus retracting the feeder.

In order that the workmen may be con- SAN LEANDRO,

26, pivoted on the ends of which are fork rods 27. These rods slide infixed guides 27 along the top edges of the box sides. WVhen the feederis back and the follower is down, the latter holds the shaft levers 24frocked outward, thus laterally retracting the fork prongs from an innerposition and allowing the hay to be thrown directly into the box. As thefollower moves upward, the connections 25 are slacked and the shafts 23rocked to throw the opposite forks 27 inward toward each other over thetop of the box by respective springs 28. When in the inner position, theforks form a support for hay until they are withdrawn, after theretraction of the feeder, and precipitate the hay into the box.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent is 1. In a baling press having a baling chamber, acompressing follower therein, and a feed box communicating with thebaling chamber, the combination of a feeder reciprocating in said boxand an oscillatory carrier on which the feeder is rockingly mounted.

2. In a baling press having a baling chamber, a compressing followerreciprocating therein, and a feed box communicating with the balingchamber, the combination of a feeder reciprocating in said box, anoscillatory carrier on which the feeder is rockingly mounted, and anintermittently operating power means connected to said feeder.

3. In a baling press having a baling chamber, a compressing followertherein, a feed box communicating with the chamber, the combination of apair of carrier arms pivoted at their lower ends upon a stationary partof the press, a feeder panel forming a movable back for the box andpivoted directly to the swinging ends of said-arms, and means connectedto said feeder for reciprocating the same.

4. In abaling press having a baling chamber, a compressing followertherein, a feed box communicating with the chamber, the combination of apair of carrier arms pivoted at their lower ends upon a stationary partof the press, a feeder panel forming a movable back for the box andpivotally mounted upon the swinging ends of said arms for changing itsangular to the vertical during movement, and means connected to saidfeeder for reciprocating the same.

5. In a hay vpress witha baling chamber and a follower therein, a hayfeeder, means for moving the feeder toward and from said chambercomprising a set of swinging carrier arms upon which the feeder ispivoted, a crank shaft for operating the feeder, a power mechanism foractuating the follower and for actuating said shaft to advancethefeeder, and means controlled by thefollower for actuating said shaft toretract the feeder.

6. In a hay press with a baling chamber and a follower therein, a feederbox communicating with said chamber and having a channeled floor, and afeeder operable in said box with projections in its bottom edge runningin said channels for the purpose of gathering, cleanly, the straw fromthe bottom at each inward reciprocation.

7. In a baling press having a baling cham ber, a compressing followertherein, a feed box communicating with the chamber, and a feederoperable in the box for feeding there from .to the chamber, thecombination of a temporary hay support mounted for movement over thefeed box, means for moving the feeder to an operative position, meansoperable by the follower for reversing the movement of the feeder, andmeans for removing the hay support from over the feed box.

8. In a hay press with a baling chamber and a follower'therein, a feederbox communicating with said chamber and having a channeled floor, afeeder operable in said box with projections in its bottom edge runningin said channels for the purpose of gathering, cleanly, the straw fromthe bottom at each inward reciprocation, carrier links, upon theswinging ends of which said feeder is pivoted, and an actuatingmechanism connected to the feeder.

9. In a hay press with a baling chamber and a follower therein, a feederbox communicating with said chamber and having a channeled floor, afeeder operable in said box with projections in its bottom edge runningin said channels for the purpose of gathering, cleanly, the straw fromthe bottom at each inward reciprocation, carrier links, upon theswinging ends of which said feeder is pivoted, and an actuatingmechanism connected to the feeder and whereby the feeder is rocked onits supports to tilt forward at its upper edge when advanced.

10. In a hay press having a baling chamber and a follower therein, afeeder box communicating with said chamber, a feeder operable in saidbox, swingingly mounted carrier links, upon the swinging ends of whichsaid feeder is pivoted for tilting movement, and an actuating mechanismconnected to the feeder whereby the feeder is rocked on its supportingcarrier links to tilt forward at its upper edge when advanced.

11. In a baling press with a baling chamber and a follower movabletherein, a feed box communicating with said chamber, a feeder in saidbox, and slidable means for forming a temporary top to the box while thefeeder is in advanced position and is retracting. I

12. In a baling press with a baling chamher and a follower movabletherein, a feed box communicating with said chamber, a feeder in saidbox, and means comprising laterally movable fork structures for forminga temporary top to the box while the feeder is in advanced position.

13. In a baling press having a baling chamber, a follower therein, afeed box communicating with the chamber and a feeder in said box, thecombination of means for forming a temporary top to the box while thefeeder is in advanced position and is retracting, said means beingoperable by the follower to an inoperative position andcomprisinglaterally movable fork structures, and means for projecting thestructures inwardly so that the forks thereof approach across the top ofthe box.

14:. In a baling press having a baling chamber, a follower therein, afeed box communieating with the chamber and a feeder in said tiveposition, and spring means for projecting the structures inwardly sothat the forks thereof approach across the top of the box.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES L. MILLER. LANCE J. TOFFELMIER.

Witnesses:

J. C. TOFFELMIER, ELLIE HOOLEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

